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King was unanimously selected to host this year's tournament by their peers and the WCWA over multiple other applicants. "It is a huge honor for our team and this program to get the opportunity to host an event of this caliber," said Head Coach Jason Moorman. "To be able to wrestle at home in front of our own fans will be special and really give the crowd a chance to experience women's wrestling as an up-and-coming sport."
Even still in the program's infancy, Moorman has built up the program and gained international prominence, currently ranking second in the latest WCWA rankings. In their first season King finished 10th of 13 teams to participate in the tournament. The following year the Tornado jumped into serious contention for a title, finishing in fourth place as a team and housing a national champion while beginning a run of success that continues to grow.
We are delighted to be hosting the WCWA National Championships," said King Athletic Director David Hicks. "Coach [Jason] Moorman has quickly elevated our Women's Wrestling program into one of the top programs in the country, and the opportunity to host a national championship is a milestone for our program. We are looking forward to seeing the best women's wrestlers in the country compete for a national title."
Competition will begin on Saturday morning (Jan. 28) at 9:00 a.m. EST. Three mats will be running simultaneously throughout the day with all ten weight classes and 16 teams being represented. Brackets containing tentative rankings and matchups will be formulated and released Friday night after the coaches' meeting.
An all-day pass for the event will cost $10.00 (US). King students, staff and faculty can attend free of charge with a valid King ID. Programs commemorating the tournament will be sold at the event.
With the partnership of the America One (B2) Broadcasting Network, King will be providing multiple webcasts of the tournament and the preceding press conference. The press conference, set for Friday Jan. 27 at 3:00 p.m. EST, will feature the head coach and select wrestlers from the top five programs in the WCWA. Two webcasts will be running simultaneously, covering all three mats of the competition.
Statistics will also be published live to the web via TrackWrestling.com. Please search "2012 WCWA Womens College Nationals" and follow the on-screen instructions to access coverage.
An interactive blog will also be provided to allow viewers the opportunity to receive the most current updates and visuals on the actions on all three mats. Viewers may also engage our on-site blogger with questions and comments on the event or to support your favorite wrestler or team.
Access to the interactive blog, statistics and live video are all free and available on www.KingTornado.com. Navigate to the women's wrestling page to view the official web page of the WCWA National Tournament and links to the live stats, interactive blog and live video.
In 2011 King witnessed two standout athletes succeed at the collegiate and international level, crowning its first individual national champion after Marina Lambert won gold in the 90-kilogram/198-pound division. While Lambert is no longer with the team, Alli Ragan (Carbondale, Ill.) has been in the spotlight after finishing with a bronze medal in the World Junior Championships this past summer. Ragan and freshman Julia Salata (Canton, Mich.) have both qualified for the Olympic trials through previous successes in competition this season.
The WCWA National Tournament serves as a prime opportunity for affiliated schools to earn a championship with the college season concluding as well as to grant individuals an opportunity to qualify for the 2012 United States Olympic Team. The top two finishers in the 109, 123, 136, and 155-pound weight classes as well as the champions of the 101, 116, 130, 143, 170, 191-pound divisions will advance to the U.S. Olympic Team trials, set in April.
For more details, please visit the official page of the WCWA National Tournament, at the following web address: www.KingTornado.com/sports/wwrest/2011-12/2012WCWANationals/WCWANatHome
2012 WCWA Nationals Participants
King College
University of the Cumberlands
Oklahoma City University
Lindenwood University
Missouri Valley College
Missouri Baptist University
Simon Fraser University
Midland University
Waldorf College
Wayland Baptist
Menlo College
NW Kansas Tech Community College
SW Oregon Community College
Yakima Community College
University of the Pacific
Jamestown College
2011 WCWA Nationals Recap
2011 National Champions
44 kg - Nicole Woody (Oklahoma City)
48 kg - Victoria Anthony (Simon Fraser)
51 kg - Gabrielle Henry (Cumberlands)
55 kg - Helen Maroulis (Simon Fraser)
59 kg - Ashley Hudson (Oklahoma City)
63 kg - Danielle Lappage (Simon Fraser)
67 kg - Kristi Davis (Oklahoma City)
72 kg - Mei Long Keiki (Missouri Baptist)
80 kg - Britteny Delgado (Oklahoma City)
90 kg - Marina Lambert (King)
2011 National Champions
Wrestler of the Year/Outstanding Wrestler
Coach of the Year
Additional wrestling resources:
TheMat.com – click here | WCWA – click here


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Democratic (before 1981).
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a former United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, President of the World Bank, and former dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships, and chairman of the US-Taiwan Business Council.
He is a leading neoconservative. As Deputy Secretary of Defense, he was "a major architect of President Bush's Iraq policy and ... its most hawkish advocate." After serving two years, he resigned as president of the World Bank Group "ending a protracted and tumultuous battle over his stewardship, sparked by a promotion he arranged for his companion."

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Christian Life Church, 701 Murphy Drive: Transportation is available. For more information, call 803-0482 or 944-8251.
First Baptist Church of Maumelle, Corner of Maumelle Blvd and Millwood Circle: A weekly Ladies Bible Study will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17 through Nov. 12. "Covenant" by Kay Arthur is a nine-week program to be held in the Activities Center. The cost is $16 for the workbook.
Sunday school begins at 9 a.m., and Sunday morning worship at 10:15 a.m., evening worship is at 5 p.m. in the main sanctuary. You are invited to participate in the 5 p.m. Wednesday evening activities beginning with a fellowship meal followed by various youth programs and adult Bible studies. For more information, call 851-3547 or go to www.fbcmaumelle.org.
First Christian Church of Maumelle, 4001 Club Manor Drive: Worship service begins at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. For more information, go to www.fccmaumelle.com.
First United Methodist Church of Maumelle, 1201 Edgewood Drive: Contemporary worship is at 8:15 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Sunday. At 9:30 a.m., there is an encounter worship, and at 11 a.m., traditional worship. For more information, go to www.fumcmaumelle.org.
Maumelle Pentecostal Church of God, Meets 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Jess Odom Community Center Civic Room. For more information, call 529-2130.
Shepherd of Peace Lutheran Church, 449 Millwood Circle, Maumelle, Bible studies classes, including classes for children, youth and young adult, are held each Sunday morning at 9:20 a.m. A mid-week class for members and friends is held each Thursday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. This class is currently studying Acts. Mid-week Teens meet on Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. Sunday services begin at 8 a.m. with a traditional service, which includes the Lutheran liturgy, a blended service follows at 10:30 a.m.
Shepherd of Peace's Mother's Day Out, Shepherd's Care, is available each Tuesday and Thursday during the PCSSD school calendar from 9:05 a.m.- 2 p.m. The staff is trained in CPR and has years of experience working with pre-school age children. For more information on this or any of Shepherd of Peace's programs or ministries, please contact the church office at 851-4546. Shepherd of Peace is also on the web at shepeace.com and on Facebook.
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Fluke AirCheck Wi-Fi Tester 1.0
Manufacturer's URL: http://www.flukenetworks.com
List Price: $1,995
Pros: Instant-on; No training needed; 1-button diagnostic tests; Field-focused time-savers
Cons: Profile config requires PC; Can't add field notes; Solid but inflexible reporting
In large networks, efficient diagnostic tools are imperative. When mission-critical WLANs suffer interference, degradation, or downtime, users can't work and productivity declines. But fixing Wi-Fi problems can take time, and time means money. Frontline technicians need tools that do away with Wi-Fi black magic, letting them quickly resolve most problems solo and escalate the rest along with essential data.
Lee Sorenson, a computer technician at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, has been using Fluke Network's new AirCheck Wi-Fi Tester to simplify his job. Whenever one of his 1650 Wi-Fi users reports an issue, Sorensen says, "I just run up there, turn on AirCheck and in about 30 seconds I can see whether the problem is with the WLAN or not."
Fluke's purpose-built handheld tester was designed specifically for frontline techs like Sorenson. We found our pre-production AirCheck unit to be extremely adept at a tightly-focused set of field tasks (albeit with a few beta glitches). We wouldn't want AirCheck to be the only tool on our belt, but it could well become our first-look-go-to for routine trouble-shooting.
Small, hardy, and colorful
The first thing we noticed about AirCheck was its light-but-rugged design. At 14 ounces, this 3.5 x 7.8 x1.9"unit fit comfortably in small and large hands for lengthy periods. According to Fluke, the tester's field-replaceable battery lasts 5 hours per charge long enough for a typical workday. A bit hefty for most pockets, our AirCheck survived accidental drops that might have been avoided if this unit had some type of belt clip.
When you press the "go" button, AirCheck's screen lights instantly (below). Techs with glasses will appreciate this 2.8" color LCD's crisp contrast. Although font size is fixed, we found most screens easy on the eyes, aided by intuitive icons. Channel numbers are an exception although most techs can tell those by position anyway. Anyone needing cheat sheets can find them by clicking the Legend (F2) button found on many screens.
You might be tempted (as we were) to tap AirCheck's LCD, but this isn't a touch screen. To navigate, thumb the arrow and select buttons below. This design makes AirCheck usable with just one hand. Columns can't be customized or resized, but they can be sorted by clicking headings for example, to jump right to the strongest or largest SSID.
Just the facts ma'am
Way back in 2003, we reviewed AirMagnet Handheld, acquired by Fluke last year. That PDA WLAN analyzer was ahead of its time but has started to show its age notably absence of 802.11n. We wondered whether the N-capable AirCheck might replace AirMagnet Handheld. But after using AirCheck, we knew better. AirCheck is not a WLAN analyzer, and it's not a "Wi-Fi stumbler." AirCheck is a Tier 2 diagnostic toolbox, designed to make common field-force tasks extremely easy and fast.
Like many stumblers, AirCheck displays discovered SSIDs, with drill-down to associated APs. You'll find the usual tidbits here, including signal strength, radio type (a/b/g/n), band (2.4/5 GHz), security, and ACL status, accompanied by a few basic hints like "Possible Interference overlaps standard channel."
At this point, you may be thinking "Whoa, $1995 for a stumbler?" But you'd be wrong. In addition to purpose-built hardware advantages, AirCheck's strengths lie underneath these screens. For example, selecting Channels displays a real-time utilization graph (Figure 1). Look closer and you'll see 802.11 (blue) and non-802.11 (grey) utilization. AirCheck isn't a spectrum analyzer but it can tell you when a Wi-Fi problem is probably caused by a non-802.11 interferer like a microwave oven or 2.4 GHz camera.
Next, tap F1 to list all APs on a given channel. Thumb down to any AP and tap F1 to Connect; AirCheck will launch a fully-automated battery of diagnostic tests at the chosen AP/channel (Figure 2). Connect tests can also be launched at Network and AP levels, causing AirCheck to scan for and select the "best" AP or channel to run those tests, much like any ordinary Wi-Fi client would.
Resulting checklists can narrow problems down to a troubled channel, AP, DHCP/DNS server or gateway. Secondary tests can be launched over successful connections, continuously pinging a designated IP to graph packet loss, RTT, and data rate. Here again, AirCheck isn't going to replace iPerf or a LAN analyzer. Instead, it supplies just enough data to confirm low rate or excessive loss as probable culprits.
Using the Locate function, you can move closer to a target AP to re-run Connect tests, or add a found neighbor AP to AirCheck's ACL. We had no trouble finding APs with AirCheck's internal omni antenna, but Fluke sells an optional directional antenna for the unit's RSMA connector.
Of course, you could develop your own test scripts to launch utilities like renew, arp, and ping on a notebook, netbook, or smartphone. Automated tests are also found in more advanced products like AirMagnet Laptop. What AirCheck brings to the table is simplicity and speed. Results are not only displayed to the user, but can be saved to AirCheck's 8MB USB drive with a single button push to facilitate trouble ticket closure, Tier 2 handoff, or Tier 3 escalation.
Back at the ranch
Some problems can be remedied in the field, like rebooting a down AP, repositioning a weak client, restarting a hung gateway. Tougher cases require further investigation with a full-fledged WLAN, spectrum, or application-specific analyzer. Either way, AirCheck session files make offline test result review and reporting a cinch. However, those saved files must first be uploaded onto a Windows 7, Vista, or XP PC running AirCheck Manager (Figure 3).
Here again, AirCheck Manager delivers a clean, straight-forward GUI, tailored for field techs. You won't find number crunching expert analysis here. But what you will find are large, scrollable, easy-to-use panels that display observations previously recorded during each AirCheck session, including detailed Connect Test logs.
AirCheck Manager lets you view merged results from multiple test sessions just by checking files stored on the PC or a USB-connected AirCheck. Columns can be added, deleted, moved, resized, and sorted to better focus on fields relevant to the problem at hand. We think this GUI would be even better with a search tool, discovered SSID/AP export, and the ability to append observations or case status to the AirCheck Notes field.
A PC's larger display is useful for drilling into step-by-step test results. In the example below, we had fat-fingered an 802.1X user's password, easily diagnosed as a failed MSCHAPv2 challenge response. A field tech could have seen this 802.1X failure on his AirCheck and handed the session file off to someone versed in EAP-speak. Although you can visually compare sessions, an automated "diff" function would be a very handy addition.
We exercise this workflow when we encountered the same connect failure in several independent guest WLANs. By comparing logs, we determined that, when AirCheck ARP'ed for its own IP address, it didn't like Proxy ARP responses from guest WLAN gateways. We sent a sample session to Fluke engineers, who diagnose this as a beta bug (to be fixed before release). However, we also included a Wireshark packet capture when we escalated the problem.


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Immunization Fun Day set for June 22
The Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department (SNCHD), located at 301 E.12th, will have their annual immunization fun day event on Wednesday, June 22 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1-4:30 p.m. This is a normal day for immunization clinic but they have set this day to emphasis the importance of making sure children's immunizations are up-to-date. They plan to make it a special day for the children; each child receiving immunizations will receive a balloon, stickers and more. Also, parents will have a chance to win a $50 gas card. They will have a drawing after the morning clinic and one at the end of the clinic. Those entering do not have to be present to win. Parents are asked to bring their child's immunization record to the clinic. The cost is $6 per child. Medicaid and CHIPS are accepted. The immunization clinic on Wednesday, June 15 has been cancelled.Parents are reminded that all students entering kindergarten are required to have two doses of Hepatitis A vaccine, and two doses of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine; and all students entering seventh grade are required to have one dose of Tetanus and Diphtheria toxoids and acellular Pertussis vaccine (TDAP) vaccine, one dose of meningococcal vaccine, and two doses of varicella vaccine. A written statement from a parent (or legal guardian), school nurse or physician attesting to a child's positive history of varicella disease (chickenpox), or of varicella immunity is acceptable in lieu of either dose of varicella vaccine. The health department is encouraging parents to vaccinate their children now and not to wait for the next school year to begin.Family Planning services are available through several funding sources. Services include pap smears, breast exams, pregnancy testing, methods of birth control and screening and testing for sexually transmitted diseases. For an appointment call 235-2869.For more information about the services offered at the health department, visit our web site at www.nolancountyhealth.com.The Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability or age.


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Music streaming service Spotify has completed a funding round raising around $100 million in investment, a source close to negotiations confirms, bringing its overall valuation to around $3 billion.
According to the New York Times, Coca-Cola will become a minority investor in the company, along with funding from Goldman Sachs and Fidelity Investments, though neither Spotify nor Coke had any comment on these reports.
Spotify, which was founded in Sweden and launched in the U.S. in 2011, raised around $100 million from capital investors last year and also counts various record labels and Euro org Merlin among its minority investors.
Coca-Cola has crossed paths with Spotify before, most notably announcing a marketing partnership in the lead up to the London Olympics (Daily Variety, April 18).
With a user base of 15 million, Spotify recently launched in Ireland and Luxembourg, bringing its active territory count to 17.


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By Sean Herman
**EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the continuation of, Sean Herman: Krooked Ken (Part II)*
Jason Reeder- What's funny to me (and I actually talk to Sean about this a lot) is to hear you telling a story, and have the same story. You can have the people who burn their bridges and you try hard not to be that person.
Sean Herman- *I am going to interrupt the dialogue really quick: This is where I have to mention that my friend Jason Reeder came with me when I got tattooed by Ken. Jason has been tattooing for a little bit now. He started as a client of mine, and got an apprenticeship after I had tattooed him for a few years. He is a really dedicated, interesting tattooer. The next blog is going to be about how he got into tattooing, so this one gives you a little introduction to him. Now, back to the dialogue…*
JR- It's kind of refreshing for me because you do have it and here it's the same for everybody.
SH- Yeah he'll call me and we'll talk about stuff, how long have you been tattooing now?
JR- Three years in October.
SH- You hit that time at three years where you think, "This is fucking hard, people are mean, and it's fucking difficult and there are lying assholes and this and that." You have clients who sometimes yell and scream and are difficult. He's called me about it, saying, "I'm just having a hard time dealing with all of this" and for me at nine years, I'm watching him going, "Oh wait I'm not crazy, I went through that and thought I was the only guy whose ever gone through it, and I was the one who sucked and I was the one who did everything wrong," so in talking to him it's a nice thing for him but it's also a good thing for me because I'm not the worst guy ever, it happens to everyone. We all go through the same shit. I think that's tattooing, that's why I like watching those older documentaries, like with Freddie Corbin and Dan Higgs. Somebody has a YouTube channel called Occult Vibrations and a blog they do too and it's called OccultVibrations.com and oh my god, it's fucking amazing!
JR- Yeah it's pretty rad.
Krooked Ken- I've seen the Vice ones.
SH- The Tattoo Age ones are good, the Freddie Corbin Tattoo Age… I like them all, they are all good, but the Freddie Corbin one is…
JR- There is something about that one.
SH- He just loves tattooing, and for me that's it, it's tattooing for tattooing's sake, that's why you do it.
KK- Yeah, like tattoos or not… I mean it's just the story behind it, I love the story behind it, you feel like you're not alone.
SH- You're not that only tattooer that's freaking out.
JR- There's a Stoney Sinclair one I think?
SH- No Stoney's not on it, I wish he was – his is on YouTube.
JR- Seriously, man I called Sean a few weeks ago, bowing out feeling like shit, and he was like, "Dude, look this up…" it made me feel so good.
SH- I mean between that and Stoney Knows How, you will be so happy to tattoo forever.
JR- After that I was like,"I'm ready."
KK- For the 12 years I worked at Gary's, the Roy Boy video played all the time.
SH- That got put up today on Occult Vibrations, it had this guy doing a guitar solo, hooked into nothing, no amp, nothing. His old lady is in her underwear and you're just watching, "Is this really happening?" He's got the speed boat, which was all on loop. So for 12 hours a day I heard it over and over. We joke because the three of us who worked in that shop can repeat it. I love the Stoney one too.
KK- Ummm, Jan, I can't remember his last name but he died last year. He apprenticed under Stoney. That was a cool dude too. The stories… Rich took me to visit him and the stories, it was him or Marty Hulcomb, I don't remember which, but a story where Stoney forced him to drive to South Carolina. He was like, "I'm going to South Carolina be here tomorrow at such-and-such a time." Well on their way back there was a huge snow storm, which is unheard of in that area. As they get closer to Columbus it gets worse and worse, they are driving in three feet of snow. Following the plows as they clear the road, and he's like, "We have to pull over and stop I can't see." And Stoney is like, "That's shit, keep driving, we need to get back" and he made him drive non-stop, it's supposed to take 12 hours but it took 39. He wouldn't let him pull over.
SH- That's hilarious. That's tattooing, it's awesome, like anytime you get bummed you can go back to what fundamentally matters. That's all that matters. It's not about doing 2020 amazing tattooing. Cutting edge changes, that's good, it's wonderful to do good tattoos, but don't forget the other shit it's about. It's about talking and stories, carnies.
KK- Yeah that's the other thing, I see so many tattooers, you know you're at a booth next to somebody at a convention, and the people will look at their portfolio and you'll over hear them say, "This guys really good" and I'll look over waiting for the guy to be like, "Hey, how are you?" And the guy just looks up smiles and puts his head back down. I have the experience of working with people who couldn't sell water to someone who is on fire. That's the whole carnie aspect. "Come on in!"
I remember Eddie one time just a few years ago, I stopped in his shop. Eddie was there and this couple came in, they didn't want to get tattooed it was the novelty, "Wouldn't it be fun if we went in there" and Eddie was like, "We'll put a beautiful tattoo on you, you're already a beautiful women, probably the most beautiful woman that's ever been in this shop, but this really would top it off." So she got tattooed. Nobody does that anymore.
SH- I'm really fortunate, you know Famous Gabe?
KK- Yeah!
SH- He's one of my best friends, like a mentor to me.
KK- He's awesome.
SH- I'm lucky because that guy to me is tattooing in that aspect, you go in his shop, I've done conventions with him, anything – and he's talking to everyone, none of this too-cool-for-school stuff. He loves everyone, "Let's talk… let's tell stories."
*Again, not to interrupt but if you're interested in learning more about Famous Gabe, check out a few blogs back where he told us his story about how he got into tattooing, it's pretty awesome.*
KK- I met him at Hell City. He was walking around eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. That was the joke, he's like, "I'm not paying $9 for a burger, you want me to go back to my room and make you one?"
SH- That's where I learned it from; I go grocery shopping before conventions. I first, at 19, got my apprenticeship… I go to Hula Moon and Gabe was fixing stuff someone else had done on me, we're talking and I'm all excited, "I got an apprenticeship, I'm going to tattoo." Ohhhh freaking out and Gabe was like, "It's cool and all but I do have one word of advice. Some people want to be rock stars in tattooing and I say fuck that, I just want to tattoo the working man and give him the best tattoo he's ever gotten. If he wants a tribal arm band, it'll be the best tribal arm band I've ever done."
That stuff has stuck with me. That is to me what tattooing is. Like I was going to say earlier, say a girl wants a fairy and she comes out with skull, "But the skull is fucking wicked" No! Do what she wants, not what you think is cool. Give her a fairy and do it good, give her best tattoo and have the story with it. Gabe wins. I don't think I'll ever have enough stories to equal him.
KK- It's weird how you see things passed down, years from now you'll be telling Gabe stories and people will be telling your stories, three or four generations of stories, this is really cool.
SH- It's stories you don't realize. I was lucky enough to work with Zeke Owen for a few weeks and so I'll tell Zeke stories and I'm sure Zeke now doesn't give a fuck who tells stories, I'm sure there are thousands of people telling Zeke stories from a week around him. It's crazy to think the amount of tattooers who are the same way, that one time you tattooed someone or were around them. It's like folklore, Americana folklore.
KK- I got tattooed by Zeke at Mike Schweigert's shop and that was an amazing, it was insane – it was a really cool time.
SH- I wish I could have gotten tattooed by him while I was there, he was working, and I was working the whole time. I remember I brought my portfolio and he was nice enough to go through it, and he was just like, "Yep, ah-ha, yep, ah-ha," puts it down and says, "One year, you're okay, you're doing fine," I was like, "Oh… okay." Then, after that, the guy who owned the shop checked out my portfolio and ripped me a new asshole, "This sucks, this sucks, this sucks," and I'm like, "Yeah! Yeah it does, thank you! I need to know this." Coming out all jazzed. Zeke is like, "What'd he say?" I said, "He said I sucked." Zeke was like, "Well fuck, if you wanted to know that you sucked at tattooing, I would have told you that right now, you fucking suck with that color and you have bad breath you need to keep a toothbrush with you at your station. It smells like you eat garlic pizza every day."
KK- Ha-ha, Oh shit!
SH- So I say, "What do I suck at Zeke?" He says, "Well you lettering sucks." I say, "Well your lettering is real good Zeke, can you help me out?"
Zeke looks at me, and says, "Fine, sit down and shut up and listen." So out of all of that, I got to learn lettering from him. All that shit talking and then, "Fine, here's how you do it" and walked me through for days, he did circles around me, showing me more than I could ever understand. So I want to get tattooed by Zeke and get a toothbrush with the words around it saying, "You suck and you have bad breath."
JR- What's awesome is, I came down to Royal Street Tattoo, and hung out for a little bit and Sean and CW found out I couldn't do lettering for shit. So Sean said,"Come on buddy you are here to learn lettering." He pulled out how Zeke taught him, saved it and did it for me. It's the same story…
SH- That's what I love about tattooing, that's what tattooing is. It's traditional tattoo imagery that's done differently by different artists. Same thing just differently…
*This is how my session with Ken went, story after story. It was everything that I love about tattooing. Honestly, I could fill up six blogs with the amount of stories he told, amazing stories, crazy stories, real tattoo stories. So this is where I'm going to end it, but I'll tell ya some more of them later on, so I guess this is more of a "To Be Continued…" That's what tattooing is about, an amazing story, marked on your body, for the ages, and Krooked Ken embodies that.*
(This was the final installment of a three part series. To see the previous two parts please click on the links below.)
Sean Herman: Krooked Ken (Part I)
Sean Herman: Krooked Ken (Part II)
Krooked Ken can be found here:
(410) 479-9316
(Sean Herman is a tattooer and contributing blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine.)
Sean can be found at:
Royal Street Tattoo
Mobile, AL 36601
251 432 4772


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:omg022: This is just wrong on sooooo many levels.
A 68-year-old Tampa woman was arrested today for forcing a severely mentally handicapped man to perform oral sex on her, police say.
Luella McAdoo is a longtime family friend of the victim, according to Tampa police spokeswoman Andrea Davis. On April 5, the man's mother left him in McAdoo's care while she ran errands. When she came home at about 6 p.m., she found her son performing oral sex on McAdoo. The woman told McAdoo to go home, then she called police because her son, 34, does not have the ability to make a decision about sex on his own, Davis said.
The investigation, Davis said, was particularly challenging because of the victim's mental condition and inability to communicate verbally. After the detectives investigated, according to Davis, they direct filed the case with the State Attorney's Office, who filed charges.
McAdoo was arrested at her 953 Chestnut St. W home this morning by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies on a Tampa police warrant, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. She was charged with lewd or lascivious battery on an elderly or severely disabled person and is being held at the Orient Road Jail on $7,500 bond, according to jail records.


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Every Indian is excited and proud to have a symbol for the Indian Currency, which is "Rupee". Until now, there was no symbol, and most people used to write "Rs" before the amount. Well, thanks to the government and IIT professor, we now have a new symbol which people can use when referring to Rupees. This is
Now, until we have a FONT which includes this character and the keystrokes assigned to it, and then getting those fonts downloaded on each windows machine, we are stuck with trying to find ways on how we can add this to our documents. Given Notes's programming model and ease of adding a new extension, I just created a simple "add-in:, which once installed into your Notes Client, will allow you to add the Rupee Symbol within any Document. Here are the steps to do this:
- Copy the ZIP file from here -> Add Rupee Notes Add-in , and UNZIP the contents into your Notes Install Directory (if you don't know what this is, right-click on your Notes Client launch icon on your desktop, and select "Properties" which will tell you where the program is coming from. )
- Edit your "notes.ini" file (this is also typically in your Notes Install Directory). You can use "Notepad" to edit it.
- Search for "addinmenus" in this file.
- If the line exists, add ",addrupee.dll" to the end of this line
- If the line does NOT exist, add "addinmenus=addrupee.dll" line at the end of "notes.ini" file and hit ENTER
Select it to add the symbol into your document.


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Vincent P. Hill, 69
Vincent P. Hill, 69, Kiski Township, died Saturday, July 16, 2011, at home.
He was born Nov. 22, 1941, in Kittanning, a son of the late Ernest and Henrietta (Kriser) Hill.
Mr. Hill lived in Kiski Township for the past 30 years.
He married Darcia Lynn (Hyrtanski) Hill, who preceded him in death March 18, 2003.
Mr. Hill was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served from 1958 through 1964 as an equipment mechanic.
For most of his life, Mr. Hill was a heavy equipment operator for various companies in the Kiski Valley.
He enjoyed shooting pool at the former Chambers Hotel in Apollo, going to camp at the river and spending time with his granddaughter.
Surviving relatives include three daughters, Christina M. Neigh of Vandergrift, Tammy L.Kundla and husband Patrick of Plum Boro and Tracey L. Hill of York; two sons, Charles V. Hill and wife Iris of Chicago and Joseph P. Hill of Kiski Township; a granddaughter, Brooke A. Kundla of Plum Boro; two brothers, Ernest Hill and wife Priscilla of Sagamore and Roger Hill and wife Ranie of Mercer; and five sisters, Judy Cribbs and husband Dave of Creekside, Linda Moretti and husband Denny of Indiana, Susan Mauk and husband Russ of Punxsutawney, Karen Reasor and husband Harold of Mercer and Patty Kirkpatrick and husband Denny of Rural Valley.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by a sister, Margaret "Peggy" Smyers; and a brother, Robert Hill.
Friends will be received from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at the Curran-Shaffer Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 100 Owens View Ave., Apollo.
A funeral service will follow at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at the funeral home with Pastor Samuel Scheiderer officiating.
Interment will be private.
To send an online condolence to the family, please visit www.curranfuneralhome.com.


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Rebirth of a Race Coupe
There are two kinds of people in the world: dead and alive. The dead ones seem to stay that way longer than the alive ones stay alive … so, since life is so short, shouldn't we try to savor every moment of it? You'd never know it by jangling in the pits at any given drag race. The atmosphere is more like a hospital emergency room, with all of the same tension, drama, and frantic activity. That's just what it takes to be competitive–you have to be on top of every little thing, and then do whatever else it takes to give your car any tiny advantage. After all, the difference between the low qualifier and the bump spot in any class is only a sliver of a second, and that window is shrinking all the time. Sound like fun? Lots of people thrive on this kind of challenge–Mike Dowell isn't one of them.
In 1961-'62 (widely accepted as the beginning of the golden age of drag racing, which ran up to about 1970), Mike's brother, Kent Singleton, ran a '34 Ford five-window, pretty much identical to the one pictured here, at various Southern California tracks. Originally built by Phil Turgeson in Santa Ana in '59 with a Flathead, it was sold to the Rucker-Mackle team, who were featured in the April 25, 1959 Drag News. Then known as the 712 coupe, it ran the Hunters car club colors on the quarter-panels.
That's all anyone seems to remember about the first days of the car's racing history. When Kent bought it in '61, it was renamed the 7-11, got a small-block Chevy transplant (fortified with a blower soon after), and ran Singleton-Carrillo-Nelson lettering across the deck lid. Mike Dowell was not on the crew, but was a supporter for the team. He remembers one thing above all else: These guys were having plenty of fun!
This was the tail end of the little guy, run-whatcha-brung, heads-up drag racing era. So the coupe was sold after the '62 season, and quickly vanished into the hot rod universe like tire smoke. Like many of their contemporaries, Mike and Kent hightailed it back to the streets, and enjoyed many years of hot rod hijinks. But blasting a rowdy coupe down the 1320 is a rush like no other, and it'll leave you with a jones that just can't be replaced by anything else.When the nostalgia drag race movement got rolling, Mike could see history repeating itself–millionaires with millionaire-sized egos were pushing aside little guys with big dreams right from the start. Hidden here and there within the rank and file were a few racers who seemed happy just to be back out on the track, and Mike noticed they were definitely having the most fun, and spending the least money. And maybe he felt a certain obligation to remind the others of where this all came from, lest they forget: fun with cars.
Mike never forgot what he'd seen back in those days of watching his brother and friends run the coupe. The passion that carried the crew through long nights of thrashing was celebrated with each discovery of how to drop a tenth. Busted knuckles and empty pockets were rewarded with grins and laughs after a win. They got what they came for, they learned a lot, had fun doing it, and looked cool doing it. What could be cooler than your older brother hauling ass down the strip in a wicked chopped coupe? Only one thing–doing it yourself.
As time went by, and Mike worked his way into a position where he could afford to live that dream, he never forgot what it was about the 7-11 coupe that made it magical to him–the passion. Looking cool was one thing, but walking the walk was the thing. That required passion. Luckily, he had a toolbox full of the stuff, and it would carry him through the process of recreating his brother's old ride.
Mike put the word out that he was looking for the 7-11 coupe, and in 1994, Street Rodder magazine printed a letter from Jay Lockard of Cortland, Ohio, who had helped his neighbor trailer his newly purchased '34 coupe home to Southern California. It was the 7-11 alright, but was now sporting a Caddy mill with six carbs, and the new owner had plans for putting it on the street. Mike contacted Mr. Lockard, but the trail was already cold; the car was gone again … and it stayed gone.
Back when he could only watch his brother from the sidelines, Mike had an ace in the hole: Curt Vaught. Curt was wrenching and driving at the time for guys like Zane Shubert and Chet Herbert, and was not only well connected, but quite knowledgeable as well. Mike and Curt were best friends, and stayed that way through the years. When Mike realized what a huge task recreating the 7-11 would be, he knew who he wanted in his corner. A quick phone call to Curt, and the fuse was lit! Mike would supply the ingredients, they'd cook it up together, then Curt would drive it hard.
By 2001, both Mike and Curt had relocated to southern Oregon, and that's where the new version of the 7-11 rose from the clutch dust of old. A solid body was located in Colorado, and Ed Moss at TCI kicked in a pair of framerails. Then the boys hauled it all back home to Comstock Fabrication in Medford, where they pretty much moved in for a while, flinging sparks right alongside Bill Comstock and crew.
Along with the hammer and die grinder, music and laughter leaked out from under the shop door. Mike had rediscovered the passion. And over in the corner, Curt chuckled together a blown, injected, alcohol-fueled 357ci small-block Chevy, using parts from old pal Chet Herbert. In the spring of '04, the reborn 7-11 rolled out into the Oregon sunshine. Unpainted and unplated, this would be the summer of testing, followed by any changes deemed necessary, then the final shine would be rubbed on.
When the local track (Southern Oregon Dragway) opened its gates for the '04 season, the boys were first in line. Curt slipped into his old firesuit and crawled into the wayback machine. Then 1961 came crashing into the new millennium with a violent methanol-fueled outburst that caught the modern corporate logo'd racers totally off guard! Mike, Curt, and the 7-11 might as well have been two cavemen riding a tyrannosaurus rex up to the starting line.
When Curt pushed the shaking coupe into the burnout box for its first baby steps, the crowd was slackjawed; and when he lit the tires with a primal scream emanating from the fiery hell of the summer of '61, there was nothing left to do but run for cover. Mike motioned Curt up to the line with the nervousness of a new father. Curt stomped on the volume pedal, and the next chapter in the 7-11 legacy was underway like an overdosed speed freak of a meteor, pinballing down the track. Although he had taken the scenic route, the smoke finally cleared to show a 10.11 at 146 on the scoreboard. Not a bad first run, considering Curt had gotten in and out of it numerous times, then shut off at the 1,000ft mark. After a stunned silence, a foreign but welcome song rolled out over the smoking asphalt: laughter, the good, hearty, from-the-gut kind, and plenty of it. Mission accomplished.
The coupe made several other runs during the summer at tracks around Oregon, all with the same conclusion: chassis needs work. Several chassis adjustments will be looked at during the winter, some requiring radical surgery. The 7-11 crew is happy to remind today's cynical race fans of how much fun it can be out there on the track. Of course, their idea of fun also includes winning, so tell the competition to keep that in mind, next time they roll the laughin' bones.Check out the Rod & Custom Web site (www.rodandcustommagazine.com) to get more photos and the author's firsthand account of his time in the driver seat.
Strapped to a Rolling Time BombMy Time in the Driver's Seat
They say if you hang around the barbershop long enough, you'll get a haircut. Sure enough, I got a buzz the day Mike asked if I'd like to aim the 7-11 coupe down the track. It took all of about a second to say yes, and before I knew it, I was inside the car, getting comfy with the controls, as comfy as one can get in a torture chamber like this, anyway.
The first order of business before my Sunday drive was clawing my way into the quilted triple layer fire suit (I guess it's called a fire suit because it's so freaking hot!), complete with such fashion accessories as fire-proof (itchy Nomex) underwear, socks, gloves and boots, topped by the Nomex headsock, and followed by the helmet, which made my head feel twice its normal size, as I bumped it on everything within a three-foot radius. Add the neck brace, and now I'm finally ready to slide in the car, but my body temperature has doubled, and everything I've done so far has driven home one point: this thing will just as soon kill me as put a grin on my face.
Being a center-steer car with a funny car style 'cage, but no flip-up body, you must first open the suicide door, then snake your way into the seat like a double jointed contortionist. Once strapped into the aluminum seat (with a 3-inch 5-point harness cinched down tight enough to squeeze most of the wind out of your lungs, allowing only the shallowest breath), it's time for the arm restraints – another piece of bondage that seemed designed to remind me that I was being strapped into a 70-year-old time bomb that could fold, spindle, and mutilate me. The final insult was the aluminum toe strap holding my foot to the throttle – yikes!
When the injector was primed and I spun the engine over with the start button and then lit the fire with the magneto switch, everything changed. Suddenly I was living in a separate reality, feeling as if I were a part of this machine. The old Hilborn 2-port injector fed the alcohol to the blower in cycles dictated by the hairiest cam that would fit in the block, and the idle constantly surged from 1500 to 2500 rpm, then back again, according to the Jones mechanical tach. The only other gauge is for oil pressure, which was pegged (way past the 100 psi end of the graphic scale), so I thought, "at least the engine has some fuse left on it".
The headers exit right below the doors, so I got the full stereo effect. It was absolutely deafening even with the earplugs, headsock and helmet. Drivetrain and rearend are all solid mounted, so the vibration of every moving part went direct to my tailbone (clamped down tight to the solid mounted seat), up my spine, and straight to the top of my skull, where the seismic activity blended with the beautiful music of the drivetrain and the scent of scorched rubber and alcohol fumes to create the perfect cocktail! I wasn't just a part of this machine now, I was its totally addicted slave, eager to do my part just to keep this euphoria going.
The track officials motioned me out to the line, and Mike slapped his hand on the cowl to get my attention, then pointed at me as if to say, "all my efforts building this car are in your hands now", breaking the magic spell I'd been lost in. Since suiting up, I'd gone from potential victim to a cog in the machine to being its caretaker. Approaching the line, I realized it's already been quite a ride! In the other lane was my best friend, Jamie Ford, in his "Tetanus II" '26 Ford coupe. I would try not to take him out with me if the 7-11 got away from me. We qued up for side by side burnouts, and as I nailed the throttle, I was sent right back into that euphoric state while skating across the starting line, squinting through the slit of a windshield and my own tire smoke, with that music blasting in my ears.
Maybe the methanol fumes were getting to me now, as I only saw the strip laid out before me, and the sky – no Jamie, no spectators, no track officials, no nothing. And the music kept playing. I reached over to the handbrake and squeezed it to a smooth stop like I'd done it a thousand times – I was directing this whole show now, baby! Oh yeah!
Then I got the first reality slap: when I reached down between my legs to shift into reverse and realized I didn't know how to do it! After a few panicky seconds, and some coaching from the starting line officials (so embarrassing that it left a bruise on my ego), I was backing up in my own sizzling rubber, and ready to stage the car. Now I'd just put it in first gear and – hey! – the only way this thing was going into first was to slam it all the way back, hard against my, uh, crotch…But I survived. When the top bulb lit, I noticed Jamie instantly roll in – how long had he been waiting? How long had I been stuck out there near mid-track, fumbling for reverse? Had everyone else gone home? I'd deal with that later, right now the bottom bulbs were lighting, and it was time to pull up some drag zen and cut down that tree! With no trans brake in the coupe, I had to launch from idle – just release the handbrake while stomping on the throttle, and try to finesse it out of the hole. Right…In a repeat of my majestic burnout across the line, I had an excellent view of Jamie pulling away from me in the Tetanus II. The slicks finally got tired of spinning somewhere after the 60-foot cone, and it was time to hang on! I'd been hurled down some dragstrips before, but I never felt acceleration like this! Yeow!
The Rs were climbing fast, and I reached for the shifter – what?! Had I thrown it out of the window after the great Reverse Gear Debacle? Where was that shifter? I had to take my eyes off the track to find the elusive handle, inadverdently lifting, but I got back into it before the chassis began to unload very much, and the car stayed hooked up. I still had a chance here. Now in high gear, the car was pulling HARD, and I had the T in my sights. As we approached the traps, the '34 was just starting to give me that sickening "floating" feeling, not bad, just enough to get my attention. I powered it through, and blew past Jamie at the stripe by about 5/16ths of an inch! I'd done it! I'd driven the worlds coolest car (my personal opinion) past my best friend (in the worlds second coolest car) – there are no words to describe the jubilation inside the 7-11…Whew…As the car began to decelerate, I felt for the 'chute and released it, what a great sense of security that is, and I reached down to shift into neutral. That's when it happened. The front wheels began shaking so violently that I could hardly hold the steering wheel at all. I brought my shifter hand up to help wrestle the thing back into submission, but even with both hands on the wheel, it was stronger than me, and finally I had to let go of the steering wheel (at speed!) and get both hands on the brake, while slapping at the kill switch.
I was hoping that being in gear (compression) and smooth braking would slow me down enough to stop the shaking, and it finally did. I hadn't hit anything! But now I was out of road. It was too late to catch the last turn off, and I came to a stop a few feet into the field at the end of the track. I unhooked the harness, and made my way out of the car as the EMTs rolled up, asking if I was okay. I was so okay, I had enough adrenaline flowing to easily push the car over to the shutdown area and wait for Mike to arrive with the golf cart. He towed me to the E.T. shack, where a look at my slip told the real story: I had red-lighted, slowed to a crawl at half-track during the shift, and never did catch Jamie at the finish! I'd lost every way there was to lose (almost – Mike said I didn't quite cross the centerline while shifting, but I was flirting with it)!
The most dramatic race of my life looked pretty pedestrian on the ET slip: 10.24@136. After surviving the run, and what that ET slip did to my battered ego, I still had to survive Mike's reaction to it all. But he went easy on me, and even loaned me his cell phone to call my brother (who was on the Bonneville Salt Flats) to tell him about it. Thanks Mike, I owe you a dime! [Note: After that run, a good old-fashioned steering dampener was added, which eliminated all of the high speed drama. I was glad to be of service as the 7-11 Guinea Pig, test pilot, space monkey, whatever.]


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2017 SPUR Reflections
Ipeknaz Erel: "It helped me gain direction for my own future path as a researcher."
Ipeknaz Erel, a student at Franklin & Marshall College, interned with Dr. Hal Hershfield in the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. During the internship, Ipeknaz did literature reviews, ran participants in the lab, edited manuscripts, and coded experiments. She learned about the psychology of debt, retirement, and life regrets, as well as consumer happiness, emotions, and the role of time in consumer behavior. For more information on Ipeknaz's SPUR experience, please read this reflection.
Fasika Hailu: "I absolutely am on the right track; I am even more excited to continue doing research!"
Fasika Hailu, a student at the University of South Florida, interned with Dr. Sapna Cheryan in the Stereotypes, Identity, and Belonging Lab at the University of Washington. During the internship, Fasika helped run two studies, met regularly with Dr. Cheryan and graduate student Laura Vianna, learned to write syntax, and gained experience in the research process. For more information on Fasika's SPUR experience, please read this reflection.
Ngan Hoang: "I learned to embrace the challenges of research and to conquer new quests."
Ngan Hoang, a student at Gustavus Adolphus College, interned with Dr. Jamil Zaki and post-doctoral researcher Leor Hackel at the Social Neuroscience Lab at Stanford University. During the internship, Ngan learned new experimental methodologies and designs, programmed using MATLAB and created surveys using Qualtrics. She also gained insight into fMRI data collection and analysis using FSL software. For more information on Ngan's SPUR experience, please read this reflection.
William Jettinghoff: "I am more mindful of my field and what I will consider as a scientist."
William Jettinghoff, a student at Indiana University, interned with Dr. Jesse Graham in the Values, Ideology, and Morality lab at the University of Southern California. During the internship, William worked on a project exploring the interpersonal consequences of moral belief change, assisted Dr. Wendy Wood on an ecological momentary assessment study, completed his first preregistration, and attended several summer conferences and events. For more information on William's SPUR experience, please read this reflection.
Ecem Kunter: "I will never forget my experience and I will always be open for new, daring opportunities."
Ecem Kunter, a student at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, interned with Dr. Juliana Schroeder at the University of California, Berkeley. During the internship, Ecem experienced conducting field and lab studies, preparing surveys on Qualtrics, organizing time slots for participants, and preparing a script, surveys, and instructions for a coming project. For more information on Ecem's SPUR experience, please read the reflection, "An Experience I Would Only Dream Of!".
Miriam Morales Suárez: "More than ever, I am eager to continue my path as a researcher."
Miriam Morales Suárez, a student at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, interned with Dr. Sarah Gaither in the Identity and Diversity Lab at Duke University. During the internship, Miriam served as an experimenter and a confederate participant and gained experience pre-testing surveys, rating and coding new stimuli, coding non-verbal cues and behavior, and programming surveys in Qualtrics. For more information on Miriam's SPUR experience, please read the reflection, "Phases: Becoming a Better Diversity Researcher."
Shayan Shokrgozar: "I gained a deeper understanding of the research process and the pursuit of intellectual emancipation."
Shayan Shokrgozar, a student at the College of Idaho, interned with Dr. Janina Steinmetz at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. During the internship, Shayan worked on data collection and analysis, reviewing book chapters and manuscripts, developing research ideas, and pretesting study methodologies for research involving goal pursuit, social influence, and self-control. For more information on Shayan's SPUR experience, please read the reflection, "The Quest for Intellectual Emancipation."
Dhairyya Singh: "This was one of the best learning experiences of my life and confirmed that graduate school is the right path."
Dhairyya Singh, a student at Ashoka University, interned with Dr. Kristen Lindquist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During the internship, Dhairyya worked on a neuroimaging meta-analysis on the brain-based relationship between emotional states and body states. He learned how to search for, evaluate, and code literature, as well as how to run the meta-analysis using MATLAB NeuroElf and Multilevel Peak Kernel Density Analysis. For more information on Dhairyya's SPUR experience, please read this reflection.
Shantal Taveras: "I learned to adaptable. I realized that small deviations can lead to a path of more knowledge."
Shantal Taveras, a student at Haverford College, interned with Dr. Rachael Jack at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. During the internship, Shantal investigated facial self-perception and learned how to run studies, which included conducting research, writing forms, gathering and scheduling participants, preparing a script, data collection, learning to code for MATLAB, and more. For additional information on Shantal's SPUR experience, please read this reflection.
Jake Yang: "It took me out of the fishbowl, releasing me in a bigger pool of water."
Jake Yang, a student at Texas Christian University, interned with Dr. Wendi Gardner at Northwestern University. During the internship, Jake was trained on interviewing participants, and learned how to develop coding schemes for responses from research participants. He also became more flexible and receptive to different viewpoints and others' experiences as a result of participating in SPUR. For more information on Jake's internship, please read this reflection.
2016 SPUR Reflections
This summer, four undergraduates packed their bags and moved across the country (and, for one student, around the world) to spend eight weeks working hands-on in a lab that corresponded to their research interests. These students, Roxie Chuang, Deanna Ibrahim, Maria Escobar, and Precious Hardy, participated in SPSP's new Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR). SPUR is an intensive internship experience for undergraduates from under-represented ethnic groups.
Roxie's SPUR Experience: Building Professional Relationships
Roxie Chuang interned in Dr. Heejung Kim's lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For Roxie, the highlight of the summer was interacting with Dr. Kim and her graduate student mentor, Kimin Eom. She credits them with teaching her how to become a good researcher, and with opening her eyes to new research areas and encouraging her to seek out her own study projects.
Roxie was not the only one enthusiastic about the professional relationships formed during SPUR. Dr. Kim noted, "The greatest advantage of hosting a SPUR participant in my lab was to really get to know a truly fantastic student. Once we had our first meeting, it became clear that Roxie is a really gifted student and we have a compatible working style. I found a great student whom I would like to recruit to our graduate program."
Mr. Eom also appreciated the professional connection he formed with Roxie while serving as her SPUR graduate student mentor. He commented, "Working with such a smart and talented student was a great opportunity for me, too. These students are potentially my colleagues in the future. I found that being a mentor for SPUR is like an opportunity to develop a social and professional relationship with another researcher who can prosper in my field in the very near future."
For more information on Roxie's SPUR experience, please read her reflection.
Deanna's SPUR Experience: Getting Into the Lab as Much as Possible
Deanna Ibrahim interned in Dr. Jay Van Bavel's lab at New York University. The SPUR stipend covered her housing costs on the NYU campus, a ten-minute walk from the lab. The close proximity of her living accommodations to the lab was helpful in allowing her to become involved with many different lab activities. These included gaining experience with physiological equipment, coding, data analysis, running participants, and designing study aspects.
Dr. Van Bavel agreed that Deanna took away a lot of hands-on experience from the summer. He stated, "Having an excellent student who is around every day allows for a depth of involvement that is next to impossible for a volunteer research assistant. I think our SPUR student learned a lot about experimental design including designing of materials, how to pilot studies, and how to run an organized experiment."
Deanna's graduate student mentor, William Brady, also spoke highly of Deanna's level of involvement, both in the lab and in a research reading group. He remarked, "My student was a top-quality research assistant who aided in experiments, and was also a participant in a bi-weekly reading group that helped me stay on top of the literature in my area of study over the summer. We had a good working relationship and we decided to continue to work together through the fall as she applies to graduate programs in social psychology."
To learn more about Deanna's SPUR experience, check out her reflection.
Maria's SPUR Experience: Becoming an Active Participant in Meetings and Projects
Maria Escobar's SPUR internship took place in Dr. Cara MacInnis's lab at the University of Calgary. She most enjoyed attending weekly social psychology and social development psychology meetings, at which she was kept up-to-date about the current and past work of professors and graduate students.
Maria said of these meetings, "I left eager and encouraged to contribute to the growing field of research. Dr. Cara MacInnis helped reassure me of the power and importance of scientific findings. Going to these meetings, hearing about relevant studies, and discussing the findings were definitely the highlight of SPUR for me."
Dr. MacInnis praised Maria's contributions at these meetings, which included providing a presentation relating to her upcoming thesis work. From her perspective as a mentor, there were additional advantages to hosting a SPUR student in her lab. She observed, "It can be difficult to find dedicated research assistants during the summer months, so having her in the lab was a great asset. [Maria] collected, re-coded, and scored data, handled the administration of an online study, organized data output into easily readable tables, and created surveys for upcoming studies using online survey software."
For further information about Maria's SPUR experience, take a look at her reflection.
Precious's SPUR Experience: Being Open, Asking Questions, and Enjoying Stimulating Discussions
Precious Hardy's SPUR experience was in Dr. Wendi Gardner's lab at Northwestern University. From the outset, Precious was open to all that SPUR could offer her. She enjoyed adapting to a new community and academic environment, which reaffirmed her ability to be flexible. She also enjoyed conversations with the research team about current events, which she found to be some of the most interesting and mentally invigorating conversations of her life.
Precious's advice for future SPUR participants is, "You should be a sponge soaking up information when you need to, you should be willing to learn new things, take constructive criticism, and grow from it. Offer what you have to offer. It is not expected of you to know everything and you are there to learn so don't feel bad if you don't have all the answers."
Dr. Gardner, who hosted students from multiple summer programs, remarked that Precious "came in with a wealth of background and interest in social psychology. Thus, she was eager to read relevant journal articles, could contribute to developing a coding scheme the data we collected, and in all other ways could jump right in to the work we were doing this summer. She was also just a dream to host in the lab -conscientious, smart, and a delight to be around."
You can read Precious's reflection to learn more about her SPUR experience.
Participants, mentors, and graduate student mentors all offered positive, enthusiastic feedback about taking part in SPUR. The professional relationships, learning and collaboration opportunities, and advancement of research provided by the program make it a truly unique experience. Additional information is available for prospective participants and mentors.


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There weren't many dry eyes when Benton Police Captain Roger Gaither said his goodbyes on Friday at Benton Municipal Complex.
At least in the public eye, the 33-year law enforcement veteran isn't known for showing emotion. But as he approached the podium to say a few words, the 55-year-old Gaither could no longer hold back the tears.
"I'm overwhelmed," he said. "I want to thank all the officers, my family, all the chiefs and mayors that have put up with me here these past 30 years. I'll miss this place. If there is one thing I want to say to everyone, it is cherish your family because they're always with you."
As a 1975 graduate of Benton High School, Gaither did not have aspirations to become a police officer. That was the case until he participated in a Benton Police Department program in the summer before attending the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
"There was a good friend of mine, Lt. Rick Sheffield, and he started a police explorer post that was a Boy Scout program for boys and girls to be involved in for future law enforcement. We took a trip to Dallas to the Peace Officers Memorial and also saw some other things. That got me interested and then I saw the type of person that Rick was — always helping people — and it sparked my interest."
After a couple of years in the UALR classrooms, Gaither decided to go a different route and was hired as a traffic and security officer. After more than a year there, he became a security officer at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1979.
While at UALR, Gaither attended the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy in Camden. Then on March 23, 1981, he was hired as a patrol officer at the Stuttgart Police Department. After a year and eight months, Gaither had the opportunity to return home.
"I really liked it there in Stuttgart. It was a small department with really friendly people, and it was a small town like Benton, but my father became ill and I wanted to move back home," Gaither said of his return to Benton.
"There was a really good chief here in Jim Harris. He had retired from Little Rock Police Department, and he began turning this department around. He made it more professional, it had better pay and better conditions, and plus I wanted to move home closer to my family. And it is just home."
Gaither was officially hired as a patrol officer for the Benton Police Department on Dec. 1, 1982. Through the years, he was promoted to patrol sergeant, then patrol division lieutenant, later support services lieutenant, then Criminal Investigation Division lieutenant, and then to administrative captain on July 18, 2001. On May 3, 2004 he became the patrol captain; served as the acting chief of police from Oct. 2, 2005, to Dec. 19, 2005; and served as interim police chief from April of 2008 until Jan. 5, 2009, when Chief Kirk Lane was hired.
Gaither said one of his proudest accomplishments as an officer actually was a night when he was working as a patrol officer.
"There used to be a place called Chief's truck stop by Brown's Country Store and Restaurant. I pulled in and there was a regular truck parked irregularly in among the 18-wheelers and I noticed the taillights shining," he said. "So I got out and looked in the car and thought it was empty, but there was a guy asleep in the front seat and there was a backpack crammed on the brake pedal. Then I noticed a pistol on the dash underneath some papers, but back in those days it wasn't that unusual. So I walked to the back of the truck, got the license plate number and then tapped on the window and woke the guy up. I told him his brake lights were on and it was going to run his battery down. It was just one of those helping people things so he wouldn't have a dead battery."
Gaither said he pulled the patrol vehicle around to the other side of the gas station and requested dispatch to check the license plate. A few moments later, dispatch informed Gaither that the truck was stolen out of Texas.
"I called another officer and we made a plan," Gaither said. "I went around the truck stop on foot and went behind the truck as the other officer pulled in front and turned on his lights. We read him his (Miranda) rights, took him to jail and I went home and went to bed after working a 12-hour shift. But then I got a phone call and they told me the gun was found to have been used in a murder of a woman in Texas. This guy had broken into her home, robbed and killed her. Then he went across the road to a convenience store and stole the truck."
According to reports, the woman was a Texas A&M student and the man who later was convicted of first-degree murder was Malcolm Trent Primrose.
"It is one of the most satisfying things I have done as an officer here at the Benton department," Gaither said. "Before he (Primrose) got to Benton, he had stopped and bought some camping equipment. The rumor was that he had planned to camp out in the woods somewhere until he thought everything had blown over. But luckily by just trying to help someone, I stumbled upon him."
He added, "They flew me down to Texas for his trial. The chief down there told me they had been working some leads but had no concrete evidence. It made me feel good to catch this guy because he could have gotten away with it. This was back before DNA evidence and all the things they have now."
Gaither said his philosophy as a police officer has always remained the same: Do the right thing. This, along with support from family, is what he says has kept him safe and helped him remain an officer for more than 33 years.
"I think every officer starts to help people. It's that simple," Gaither said. "It's doing the right thing. And I know I've done the right thing the majority of the time, even if some people may not have thought so at the time. I think I was doing the right things at the right time for the right reasons. I wish I could have helped everyone, and the people that got mad at me, I wish they weren't; but I've also had people thank me for writing them a ticket. It's doing the right thing and serving the people. You have to come up with a good balance between being fair and enforcing the law."
Gaither also said that the training officers continuously receive is what keeps all officers safe. He said officers need to remember to always rely on their training. Gaither said that is what kept him safe, even though he was stabbed by a drug-fueled man one night. He explained that officers had responded to a man who was threatening his parents with a knife and that after a long standoff with weapons drawn, the man finally dropped the knife. When Gaither and other officers went to take the man into custody, the man picked up the knife again and stabbed Gaither in the stomach just underneath his bulletproof vest. However, Gaither said the stab wound was not deep.
"He just barely stabbed me. It could have been a lot worse, so I was very lucky," he said. "I've seen a lot of things and I made it 30 years. I've been really lucky to have stayed safe."
But after three decades, Gaither has decided to take off his badge. He said there are no major plans in his retirement, but he does plan to work on some land in Hot Springs with the possibility of moving there some day.
"I want to spend some time with family. I want some personal time instead of feeling like I'm responsible for everything in the world. It's time to be responsible for me. Mainly it's just going to be nice not getting up at 8 a.m.; instead I'll sleep in until 9 and have a cup of coffee and watch the world go by," Gaither said with a smile.
"It's been more than 30 years. That's a long time to stay in anything and things have changed so much through the years. I've been with seven chiefs and seven mayors in my tenure. It's really a young man's game now. Although I have great people here that I work with, it's time to turn it over to the younger officers and give other people an opportunity."
Gaither believes the Benton Police Department will continue to progress without his services. He said it his faith in the employees that is allowing him to finally retire.
"I think this place is much better than when I first came here, but I can't attribute that to me. I have to attribute that to everyone that works or has worked here," he said. "You have to have a good administration, good backing from the council and the city, and we have that here. We have one of the best equipped departments in the state. And probably some of the highest trained officers in the state. I'm comfortable living here. I have no doubt it will continue on the way it's been. I have to thank everyone that has had a hand in this department and to all those that have put up with me these 30 years."
What will he miss most?
"That ability to see a problem and fix it. But I know there are plenty of people here that can do that."
A retirement ceremony honoring Gaither took place Friday in the council chambers of Benton Municipal Complex. A large crowd gave Gaither a standing ovation.
On that day, Lt. Scotty Hodges was promoted to captain as Gaither's replacement.
Roger Gaither and wife Linda have a 28-year-old daughter, Lindsey, who lives in Chicago.


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It is that time of the year when people will be burning wood in their stoves to knock the chill off the house and by noon some of them will have all of their windows and doors open to let out the excess heat generated by burning the wrong kind of wood.
It is that time of the year when people will be burning wood in their stoves to knock the chill off the house and by noon some of them will have all of their windows and doors open to let out the excess heat generated by burning the wrong kind of wood.
I doubt that they would turn up the electric or gas heat that high, but they seem to think that using wood is a free source of heat.
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If you are burning that firewood in a fireplace and also heat your house with any other source, than your firewood is also pulling a draft of pre-heated air up the flue and that is costing you money, too.
If you are burning wood in a stove that does not get the heat up to the point where the fuel becomes a true gas and not just vapors and boiled water, than you are also wasting money.
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